Dr Leah King-Smith

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Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Practice


Personal details

Positions

Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Practice

Keywords

Decolonising methodologies, Practice-led research, Transdisciplinary collaboration, Visual media, 3-D animation, Time-based media, Visual art, Photo media

Research field

Visual Arts and Crafts, Film, Television and Digital Media

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • Phd (Queensland University of Technology)

Professional memberships and associations

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy NAVA, National Association for the Visual Arts; AAANZ, Art Association of Australia & New Zealand; ISRN, Indigenous Studies Research Network

Teaching

Since 2020 I have been Academic Lead, Teaching & Learning (Indigenous) in Creative Industries, which is a role that oversees the inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives in Creative Industries curricula. I teach and lecture in the Visual Arts BFA program, specifically Open Studio for first-years. I coordinate, lecture and teach in the 2D Art Unit. I have extensive experience teaching, lecturing and coordinating the Photo Media Unit. I take a specific interest in contemporary Indigenous art practices and deliver lectures in this field when invited.

Experience

Publications

QUT ePrints

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/l.king-smith

Supervision